• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Industries

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 33031

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 78 76 41 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Tropical/Marine/Police Band(s) = 150-200m.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 3.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 518-A Phantom Girl Ch= 518 - Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Notes
• Ivory lacquer on wood. Horizontal grille bars. Circular dial. 4 knobs.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (August 1937.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 55.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 697 models, 487 with images and 556 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Industries